With God For All Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 A professor once told me that the most important word in the Our Father is our. Too many folks, he contended, think of this prayer as a private appeal to God for their own salvation. It [...]

We’re In It Together Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 22:20-26 People who study moral behavior note that the ability to place oneself in another’s shoes is crucial to making moral decisions. Jesus taught that we should love others as we love ourselves. To do that we have [...]

Don’t Lay It On God Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 One morning after Mass a young woman told me of her recent auto accident. She’d been driving to the airport to catch a flight to a friend’s. On the way she was involved in a [...]

Gift Of Faith: Gift Of Freedom Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield 28nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10 There are times when we ask what God wants us to do; there are times when we simply ask ourselves what’s best to do. The two questions are the same. The answers, however, can be [...]

Sharing The Gift Of Hope Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield 27nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 5:1-7 A co-worker I once knew told me that only someone who believes in God can live a moral life. Atheists can do good things but in the final analysis they can’t be moral because they can’t [...]